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APPLIOATIOH FILED NOV. 4, 1911.

1,044,885. Patnted Nov. 19, 1912.

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COLUMBIA PLANOOIAIII CD-.WASHINUTON D C WILLIAM P. HAMMOND, OF PASSAIC,NEW JERSEY.

CONNECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 4, 1911.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912. Serial No. 658,557.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, WILLIAM P. HAM- MOND, citizen of the United States,residing at Passaic, in the county of Passaic and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Connectors, ofwhich the following is a specification. The present invention relates tocertain new and useful improvements in the construction of connectors orclips such as are frequently employed for securing wires or conductorsto the binding post of a battery or spark plug, or some similar member.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a connector which iscomparatively simple and inexpensive in its construction, which can bequickly applied to a binding post or detached therefrom, and whiche1nbbdies novel features of construction whereb a good electricalconnection is established ith the binding post or other similar memer towhich the connector is applied.

l/Vith these and other objects in view, the

i vention conslsts 1n certain novel combina- I ore fully appear as thedescription pro- -eeds, the novel features thereof being ointed out inthe appended claims. 1

1 invention. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the connector, the twogripping rings or washers being shown as forced inwardly by the fingersso as to bring the openings thereof into registry with each other. Fig.3 is a sectional view showing the connector as applied to a bindingpost. Fig. 4. is a transverse sectional view through the connector, andFig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view A on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Specifically describing the embodiment of the invention illustrated bythe accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates the stock or bodyportion of the connector, one end thereof being formed with a notch 2adapted to bear against the binding post or like member to which theapplied, while the opposite end of the stock connector is ed is formedwith lateral ears which are bent lnwardly to provide a sleeve 3 adaptedto engage a wire or conductor 4. The notched end of the stock 1 isformed with laterally extending spring arms 5 which are returned uponthemselves and terminate in perforated plates or washers 6 which areadapted to slide over each other. The openings or perforations 7 of thesaid plates are normally out of alinement with each other, as indicatedby Figs. 1 and 4 of the drawing, although by pressing inwardly upon thereturned portions of the arms 5, the openings 7 of the two plates may bebrought into registry with each other, as indicated by Fig. 2. Theconnector may then be applied to a binding post 8 or similar member inthe usual manner and the spring arms 5 released so as to cause theperforated plates 6 to grip the binding post. The notch or seat 2 isalso adapted to engage one side of the binding post, and it will beobserved that this notch is arranged out of alinement with the openings7 so as to hold the connector in an inclined position with respect tothe axis of the binding post. The binding post is thus engaged at twoseparate and distinct points, and any outward pull by the wire orconductor 4 will tend to throw the seat 2 more securely against thebinding post and also to draw the perforated plates 6 into a betterengagement therewith. This connector or clip can be readily formed froma single piece of sheet material and can be very quickly applied to abinding post or detached therefrom. It will also be obvious that owingto the provision of the seat 2 and the peculiar arrangement thereof withrespect to the perforated plates or jaws 6, a good electrical connectionbetween the members will always be assured.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is g 1. A connector including a stock providedwith a seat adapted to bear against the binding post, and post grippingmembers carried by the stock and offset from the plane thereof.

A connector including a stock formed with a seat adapted to bear againsta post, and a pair of cooperating spring actuated jaws carried by thestock and offset from the plane thereof, the said jaws being adapt topositively engage the post. 3. A connector including a stock formed natein overlapping plates with a seat adapted to engage one side of a post,and spring arms projecting from the stock and terminating in postengaging members adapted to cooperate with each other to grip the post.

4:- A connector including a stock provided with a seat adapted to engagea post, the said stock being provided with laterally projecting springarms which are returned and terminate in perforated plates adapted tocooperate with each other to grip the post.

5. A connector including a stock provided with a notched seat adapted tobear loosely against one side of a post, the said stock being formedwith laterally projecting spring arms which are returned and termihavingcutaway portions adapted to cooperate with each other to positively gripthe post.

6. A connector including a stock provided with a notched seat adapted tobear loosely against one side of a post, the said stock being formedwith laterally projecting spring arms which are returned and terminate1n overlapping plates arranged in a spaced relation to the stock andhaving cut away portions adapted to grip the post, the

Copies of this patent said cut away portions of the overlapping platesand the notched seat having such a relationto each other .as to hold theconnector at an inclination to the axis of the post.

7. A connector including a stock formed with a notched seat adapted tobear loosely against one side of a post, the said stock being alsoprovided with means for engaging a conductor, spring arms projectinglaterally from the stock and having the ends thereof returned andterminating in overlapping perforated plates havlng a spaced relation tothe stock, the spring action of the arms causing the perforated platesto grip the post when the connector is applied thereto andtheperforations of the plates and the notched seats being out of alinementwith each other so as to hold the connector at an inclination to theaxis of the post.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM P. HAMMOND.

WVitnesses M. W. GREAR, LEONARD L. GREAR, 2

by addressing the Commissioner of Patents

